With my daughter and the neighbors' toddler running around the neighborhood thanks to the nice weather, I'm back on heightened alert every time I put my car in gear. Even just moving my car down the driveway to give my daughter space to chalk, I make her jump in for a ride.

Between the pre-school parking lot, the youth center parking area and my own driveway, I'm becoming a bit obsessive about a pretty dark subject. Considering the numbers overall are a little less scary -- 34 kids have died this year in non-traffic motor vehicle incidents -- I should probably stop hyperventilating and just get on with my day.